Short-term rentals in Mosinee operate under the framework set by Wis. Stat. 66.1014 and must comply with Mosinee's general public nuisance rules in Chapter 54, Article VI of the Code of Ordinances. Wis. Stat. 66.1014(2)(b) preserves municipal authority to enforce noise, health, safety and welfare ordinances against residential rentals, even though it bars an outright ban on rentals of seven consecutive days or longer. Marathon County Health Department issues the tourist rooming house license required by Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 72 and Wis. Stat. 97.605 for any rental operating more than 10 nights per year.
Mosinee is a city in Marathon County governed by the Code of Ordinances published on Municode (library.municode.com/wi/mosinee). Chapter 54 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) includes Article VI - Public Nuisance, which is the city's primary tool for addressing disturbing or unreasonable noise from residential property, including short-term rentals (STRs). Wis. Stat. 66.1014, the Wisconsin 'right to rent' statute effective April 18, 2018, provides that a political subdivision (a city, village, town or county) may not enact or enforce an ordinance that prohibits the rental of a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or longer; for stays of 6 to 29 days a political subdivision may limit the total number of rental days to no fewer than 180 days within any consecutive 365-day period. Subsection (4) of 66.1014 expressly preserves municipal authority to regulate residential rentals 'in a manner that is not inconsistent' with the statute, which the Wisconsin Towns Association and Boardman Clark interpret to include enforcement of noise, parking, sanitation and other neighborhood-impact ordinances. Mosinee enforces those rules through Chapter 54, Article VI Public Nuisance and through general municipal authority under Wis. Stat. 62.23 (city zoning and police power). Operators must also hold a Tourist Rooming House (TRH) license issued by the Marathon County Health Department as DATCP's agent under Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 72 and Wis. Stat. 97.605 if they rent more than 10 nights per year, with a separate Wisconsin Department of Revenue seller's permit for the 5% state sales tax and applicable county/local room tax. Mosinee has not adopted a stand-alone STR licensing chapter as of the May 2026 published code; specific decibel limits and quiet-hour times are governed by the Article VI public nuisance and disorderly conduct provisions of Chapter 54 rather than a numeric noise table.
A noise nuisance generated by a short-term rental is enforceable as a public nuisance under Mosinee Code Chapter 54, Article VI. Citations are typically issued by the Mosinee Police Department, with forfeitures and bond schedule set under the general penalty provisions of Chapter 1 of the Code of Ordinances. Repeated nuisance complaints can be reported by the Marathon County Health Department to DATCP and may lead to non-renewal of the operator's Tourist Rooming House license under Wis. Stat. 97.605 and ATCP 72. Wis. Stat. 66.1014(2)(b) does not protect an STR operator from these enforcement actions because it preserves local authority to enforce neighborhood-impact ordinances.
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